082. Mesa of Lost Women (1953) USA83 checks
Sci-Fi. Another mad scientist. If the repeating music wont make you mad as well, the plot certainly will.083. Space Men (1960) Italy29 checks
Sci-Fi. How they would make Gravity 50 years ago.084. This Island Earth (1955) USA1 official list1 309 checks
Sci-Fi. As in Explorers or Brødrene Dal og spektralsteinene they recive blueprint for advanced technolgy. All as a means to meet the aliens in the end.085. The Omega Man (1971) USA3 official lists3 150 checks
Sci-Fi. I have always mixed this up with Soylent Green. But finally I have seen both. The story has been adapted several times so no surprises.

6. Doctor Who: Resolution (Childs, 2019)
After a dull and underpowered series, this special at least brings in a Dalek for some much-needed exterminating fun. Regrettably, some of the other aspects that have hurt the series are still there in the form of bad characterisation and dialogue.4/10

7. The Last Days on Mars (Robinson, 2013)
Mars-set zombie action. Pretty weak and unoriginal, but held my attention. In fact, it's a very similar plot and setting to Doctor Who's brilliant Mars-set zombie episode. Being reminded of when Doctor Who used to be great made me downgrade my opinion of the episode above.4/10

8. The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (Ward, 1988)
I'd heard good things about this one, but despite the stunning cinematography throughout, I found the plot to be a mix of sub-Terry-Gilliam fantasy and weak fish-out-of-water time travel comedy. The bit where one of the medieval guys gets stuck on the front of the train is a case in point: it looks good, but makes no physical sense.4/10

9. Freaky Friday (Nelson, 1976)
Seemed like it could be amusing to start, but the contrived comedic scenes quickly began to irritate me, and the final act is just a mess of bad special effects as the film goes for frantic action in place of a narrative resolution.3/10

10. Geostorm (Devlin, 2017)
Dean Devlin churns out a bad disaster movie very similar to the ones that his collaborator Emmerich makes: cardboard stereotype characters with boring personal issues get caught up in a nonsensical plot where every 20 minutes there's a scene of a cityscape getting destroyed by CGI weather. Full of clunky plotholes, e.g. for some reason, even if the station goes haywire and starts destroying the world, it can only be rebooted by the US President in person (but it can be set to self-destruct by anyone).3/10

11. Titans: Episode #1.1 (Anderson, 2018)
Giving the Teen Titans a grim and dark treatment seems like a parody of DC Comics' approach to putting their properties on film, but it does work in places, and there was a satisfying amount of superhero violence. I haven't been convinced to watch the whole series, but I might give a few more episodes a try.5/10

12. Black Mirror: Black Museum (McCarthy, 2017)
One of the best Black Mirror episodes. Some chilling and disturbing stories here, and for once, it's an anthology film that isn't just content to package the stories in a generic wraparound. The wraparound here actually incorporates the concepts of each of the anthology segments in a way that I felt was quite elegant writing.7/10

13. Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation (Hawes, 2016)
The most ambitious Black Mirror episode I've seen, continually widening the scope of the story in a way that feels cinematic. Kelly McDonald is another addition to Black Mirror's list of perfectly cast guest stars. My reservations are that the ending is messy and too many elements from other episodes are recycled. It's interesting being able to know where the episode is going from remembering one of Charlie Brooker's rants from his Newswipe series.6/10

I found the first half vastly preferable to the second half, but the cinematography alone in this is worth the price of admission. Also, it's awkward when your wife wakes up and walks into the living room during the middle of the orgy...

22. Eureka: Many Happy Returns (2006)

I watched this before several (6?) years ago, and watched the pilot on a whim last month. This is the second episode of the series, and a step down from the first. It didn't advance much, and the general plot was boring. But I remember loving the series, so i do want to see more.

8. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
9. Forbidden Planet (1956)
10. Maze Runnre: The Death Cure (2018) - Not sure why, but I had this recorded. Why was it so long? I kept thinking it was over, but then it kept going...
11. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
12. eXistenZ (1999) - Really liked this one! Such an interesting concept.
13. Persona (1966) - Enjoyed this one as well. Great acting, especially from Ullmann, who doesn't even get to speak.

While bits and pieces here film feel awfully silly (being chased Scooby Doo fashion by forty potential brides; dishes thrown around a kitchen), this is for the most part a droll and amusing comedy that takes a satirical stab at the institution of marriage and conformity to social expectations. Ossi Oswalda is terrific as the 'doll', the film is full of experimental editing and animated cutaways, and the whole film feels so inventive that it is hard believe that it is a pre-Keaton and pre-Lloyd production. Lubitsch has an amusing cameo too.

This horror-comedy has the granddaughter of Caligari conducting unethical sexual experiments on her asylum patients. Full of crooked lines and captured in expressionist lighting, the sets feel just like those in the silent classic. The overall film is very Cronenbergish, with extra orifices growing, a character glued to her television screen, tongues protruding from walls and so on. Bits and pieces are overly theatrical with the actors and actresses talking to the camera, but this remains a very interesting look at the ramifications repressing sexuality through treatment.

Arguably better than the first film with less jokes at the expense of the panda's weight and eating habits, as well as poignant extra background detail which is animated in a lovely traditional style. The film boasts some very nice messages too, with inner peace and being "who you choose to be" central ideas this time. Not all of the gags work, but the ones that do are hilarious - in particular, the team disguised as a dragon and looking as if they are gobbling up evil wolf guards. Gary Oldman's vocal performance as the antagonist is excellent too.

08. The Orville S2E3 "Home" (2019) Another not so sci-fiy episode, but instead a family drama/thriller involving a crew member. You do get two people who played doctors in Star Trek series in this episode though.
09. Alice in Wonderland (2010) 6/10 At least they did something different, but it could have used a little less CGI and Johnny Depp.